DJ Supervision uses MySpace to share his sonic experiments with others. “I have about [2,500] friends on my solo page and I try to take the time to get to each of them and leave a very personal message,” explains singer-songwriter Jeff Zentner. A recent transplant to Asheville, the musician has, up until now, been […]

Girlishly geeky: British electro-rocker Imogen Heap has braved poverty and questionable hairstyles to bring her musical vision to the masses. “The older I get, the more comfortable I am just in simple clothes,” announces Imogen Heap, the Brit-pop musician known as much for her complicated, flower-adorned hairstyles and elaborate dresses as her indie-synth sounds. “I […]

Zen and the art of underwear merchandizing: Michael Attie believes spirituality is nothing to get your knickers in a twist over. “I can’t read any books on meditation; they’re all in the head,” insists Michael Attie, whose alter egos include the Lingerie Monk and the Squeezebox Swami. Attie, a 40-year spiritual practitioner, decided to counter […]

Chain-linked with the big guy upstairs: After a high-profile bout with booze and drugs, still-too-young-to-run-for-president blues prodigy Johnny Lang saw the light and was welcomed into the Christian-music fold. There’s a certain predictable trajectory to the life of a blues musician. It goes something like this: Start young, cut a deal with the devil, release […]

A Brave New Order: DJ Nareau seeks to redefine the goth stereotypes. “I always feel like a new-age hippie-type saying this,” explains DJ Nareau (who, in a full-length black brocade jacket and inky-black hair, is among the least likely to be mistaken for a flower child), “but the purpose of doing these goth nights is […]

The sad truth of being grunge legends: Everyone looks down on the Melvins. photo by Kevin Willis When asked if touring in support of his 28th (or 32nd or 33rd, depending on how you’re counting) album, (A) Senile Animal, was where he pictured himself at this point in his career, Melvins’ front man Buzz Osborne […]

Redefining trad music: Lunasa Piper Cillian Vallely is sooo over Celt-rock. “Irish music: It’s not like mainstream music,” asserts Cillian Vallely, piper for Irish acoustic supergroup Lunasa. “You don’t get popular overnight. You also don’t fade out overnight.” He’s not talking about pop acts like The Corrs and the Cranberries (both of which have faded), […]

Bunt pan bombshell: Amy Sedaris reinstates pantyhose, theme parties and DIY etiquette. “Buy organic lemons, if for no other reason than because the puckered tips make great nipples to stuff in your bra.” So goes the sometimes enlightening, sometimes just plain weird I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence (Warner Books, 2006) by comedian Amy […]

Shine On: CX-1 glows with the power of bluegrasstafari fusion. “We used to be called Ites, Gold & Green,” says Jamaican vocalist Ruth Brooks. But in honor of its stereotype-busting punctuality, the band was rechristened: “We were always a little bit earlier than the other bands,” Brooks notes. “If the show started at seven, we’d […]

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In three … two … one: The men of Monty countdown to for the start of the skin show. photo by Charles Mills Despite what the majority of American audiences think, “the full monty” doesn’t actually mean getting nekkid. But on this side of the pond, we like our Briticisms dirty — think snog, shag […]

Giving street cred to woodwinds: Paul DeCirce of Peace Jones proves the flute doesn’t blow. “I sort of approach things with a Frank Zappa attitude,” professes Peace Jones front man Paul DeCirce. He’s talking about the organization of his funk-jam group, but he could also be talking about the art-rock ingenuity underlying the party-hearty hip-hop […]